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China-Australia relations: what’s happened over the past year, and what’s the outlook?

• China has targeted Australian barley, beef, wine, lobsters and coal over the past year after Canberra called for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic
• Despite ongoing tensions, Australia’s exports to China reached A$145.2 billion (US731.8 billion) in 2020, just 2.16 per cent less than the total in 2019